B4B Payments, a leading global provider of card issuing solutions for businesses, today announces it has become a high growth member of Innovate Finance, the independent industry body that represents and advances the global FinTech community in the UK. B4B joins other leaders in the FinTech field to sit at the heart of the UK’s FinTech network, assessing new ideas and emerging trends, and building relationships that can further advance innovation in the financial services sector.
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This latest partnership comes as B4B Payments continues to expand its portfolio of payments solutions for businesses, providing an unrivalled scope of financial services and product capability.  By developing new connections and networks through Innovate Finance’s High Growth membership, B4B can continue to achieve its mission to make innovative payment capabilities instantly accessible for all businesses that need it.
Paul Swinton, CEO at B4B Payments said;

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“With our new capabilities expanding from cards into corporate payments and FX we are looking forward to collaborating with other Innovate Finance members to drive new opportunities to embed our regulated finance features into their own products to reach a wider market of customers.”
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B4B Payments extends partnership with Innovate Finance

By <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="https://www.b4bpayments.com/prepaid/">B4B Payments</a>

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London, 22/04/21 – Blackhawk Network, a global industry leader in payments, rewards and incentives announces a partnership with payment processing and e-money issuing solutions provider, B4B Payments. As a result of the partnership, Blackhawk Network will extend its coverage of mastercard® badged open loop prepaid solutions across Europe for clients to use in their reward or disbursement programmes. 

The partnership enables Blackhawk Network to offer multinational clients a ‘one-stop-shop’ for all their rewards and incentives, including gift cards, eCodes, and prepaid cards. This streamlines the often-complicated processes seen when operating with multiple products in multiple regions, by giving clients a single relationship and point of contact, which ensures simplicity and efficiency for all. 

B4B Payments CEO Paul Swinton said: “We are delighted to extend our relationship with Blackhawk Network and give their impressive client list the ability to take advantage of our co-branded open-loop cards throughout Europe alongside their other offerings. We are looking forward to our joint markets growing exponentially as covid-shocked businesses get back to promoting themselves using our wide array of incentive payment tools.” 

Stacey Richards, Prepaid Product Director at Blackhawk Network said: “B4B Payments are a like-minded organisation who, similar to Blackhawk Network, believe in offering innovative payment solutions. We are pleased to announce this partnership and embed their solution as part of our wider prepaid card portfolio. We are the market leader when it comes to rewards and incentives and are excited to make our footprint in the payments space even bigger.”  

About Blackhawk Network  

Blackhawk Network delivers branded payment programmes to meet our partners’ business objectives. We collaborate with our partners to innovate, translating market trends in branded payments to increase reach, loyalty and revenue. With a presence in over 26 countries, we reliably execute branded payment programmes in over 100 countries worldwide. Join us as we shape the future of global branded payments. 

Blackhawk is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. For more information, please visit <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="http://www.blackhawknetwork.co.uk">www.blackhawknetwork.co.uk</a>  

 About B4B Payments 

As a leader in fintech and prepaid payments for over 15 years, B4B Payments continues to 

offer flexible and time-saving solutions that streamline and eliminate antiquated finance and accounting processes. B4B Payments has recently introduced a partnership programme to serve as a springboard for increasing the level of cashless organisations worldwide. Offering a range of solutions for partnership targeting businesses that are ready to take control of their expenses, manage payroll, payouts, and incentives. Whether you’re looking to differentiate yourself in the market by adding additional services or to add additional revenue streams, B4B has a mutually beneficial programme for your business.  

B4B Payments has offices in London, Vilnius and Boston. For more information, please visit <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="http://www.b4bpayments.com">www.b4bpayments.com  </a>

Cards are issued by B4B Payments pursuant to license by mastercard International Inc. mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of mastercard International Incorporated.

Blackhawk Network chooses B4B Payments in exclusive European open-loop card partnership

LHV, the financial and payment services provider, is pleased to announce award-winning corporate pre-paid payments solution provider, B4B Payments (‘B4B’), has become the latest FinTech customer of its London branch.

Since the launch of its London office in 2018, LHV has now quadrupled its client base to 120.  Customers are predominantly financial institutions and FinTechs, who have been drawn to LHV’s value proposition, its ‘one stop shop’ offering that covers large scale banking service requirements, and its partnership model whereby LHV works closely with clients to develop custom made solutions that satisfy their individual requirements.

FCA authorised B4B will gain access to LHV’s full service offering including state of the art payment infrastructure and real time Euro and Sterling payments capability via Single Euro Payment Area (‘SEPA’) Instant and Faster Payments schemes respectively. In addition, B4B will benefit from access to LHV’s Application Programming Interface ‘LHV Connect’, which offers a wide range of services, including GBP and EUR safeguarding accounts, Virtual IBANs, currency exchange, liquidity services and where appropriate financing.

B4B Payments, veteran prepaid payment provider in Europe, is going global, expanding operations in North America and opening its first US offices in Boston. The platform enables organisations of any size to manage expenses, simplify payroll, reimbursements, and offer employee rewards and incentives.

As a leader in Fintech and prepaid business payments for over 14 years and voted the Best Prepaid Product of the Year in 2019, B4B Payments continues to offer innovative, flexible, and time-saving solutions that streamline and eliminate antiquated finance and accounting processes.

Andres Kitter, Head of LHV’s UK Operations, said, “Our decision to establish a presence in London post the 2016 Brexit referendum was to increase our presence in what remains one of the leading financial and fintech sectors in the world and in the process attract customers of the calibre of B4B.  The company has been operating for fifteen years, which shows significant experience and market resilience and we are delighted that two profitable organisations are partnering for continued growth.

“In a little over two years, we have not only quadrupled customer numbers in our London office to 120 but also significantly diversified our client base so that the companies we serve range from payment service providers to FX brokers and from startups to established financial institutions and unicorns. All our clients are subjected to comprehensive onboarding procedures and due diligence and encouragingly we have a growing pipeline of potential customers currently undergoing this process.  I am therefore confident that the momentum behind our London operations will be maintained going forward.”

B4B CEO and co-founder, Paul Swinton said, “We looked at a number of providers to provide safeguarding and virtual IBAN capabilities. LHV came out on top due to their flexibility, functionality and value proposition. We migrated our clients easily onto the platform and we are very happy with the service to date. LHV will also be able to support us when we establish our European operation later this month with a one stop solution.”

Contacts:

Andres Kitter +44 (0) 207 236 1177, LHV, Head of LHV UK Branch

Frank Buhagiar +44 (0) 207 236 1177, St Brides Partners Ltd, Media Relations Adviser

Notes on LHV

LHV is a preferred banking partner amongst FinTechs and financial service providers. The Company established a presence in London in 2018 to expand its existing business line of servicing financial intermediaries. It chose London given its status as the undisputed capital of fintech in Europe.

LHV offers several innovative financial services to its clients, including Virtual International Bank Account Numbers (‘IBAN’), Single Euro Payment Area (‘SEPA’) Payments and Faster Payments, enabling real-time Euro and Sterling payments to financial intermediaries.

LHV views FinTechs as allies – not competition. The bank has integrated services offered by start-ups to its online banking, enhancing the offering to its own retail clients. LHV is extremely agile and ready to embrace change; notably, the board views the bank more as a technology company than a financial institution.

LHV’s clients typically fall under the following categories: FX and money remittance, banks, neobanks and issuers, PSPs and acquirers and regulated cryptocurrency / digital asset institutions.

Notes on B4B 

<a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="http://www.b4bpayments.com/">B4B Payments</a> provides forward-thinking payment processing solutions, which enable any size organisation to manage expenses, simplify payroll, reimbursements, and offer employee rewards and incentives.

With 1,000s of organisations opting for cashless business payments, it's no wonder why B4B Payments won the "Best Prepaid Product of the Year" in 2019.

As a leader in Fintech and prepaid payment solutions for over 14 years, employing a global team, B4B Payments continues to offer innovative, flexible, and time-saving solutions that streamline and eliminate antiquated finance and accounting processes.

B4B Payments Europe is a member of the Federation of Small Businesses, PIF (Prepaid International Forum), Innovate Finance, and the Mayor of London’s International Business Program.

Formerly known as Payment Card Solutions, B4B Payments also manages and operates the re-loadable scrapyard pay-out solution, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="http://www.bread4scrap.com/">www.bread4scrap.com</a>.

Contact:

Katrina Hutchings, <a style="color: #4bbb87;" href="mailto:Katrina.hutchings@b4bpayments.com">Katrina.hutchings@b4bpayments.com, </a>Chief Marketing Officer

B4B Payments chooses LHV Banking Services to fuel international growth

With over 15 years of expertise in card issuing and payment services, B4B Payments is a globally recognised and trusted business payments platform offering a range of financial services including payments, FX, cards, payment accounts, and BIN-Sponsorship to corporates, B2B platforms and payment companies in the UK, mainland Europe and the US.

B4B Payments

With over 15 years of expertise in card issuing and payment services, B4B Payments is a globally recognised and trusted business payments platform offering a range of financial services including payments, FX, cards, payment accounts, and BIN-Sponsorship to corporates, B2B platforms and payment companies in the UK, mainland Europe and the US.

CEO & Co-Founder, B4B Payments

Paul Swinton is CEO and co-founder of B4B Payments, a leading global provider of card issuing and payment solutions for businesses. 
B4B Payments has grown from the ground up since it was founded in 2005. Paul has driven the business to consistently deliver annual growth in double-digits over recent years and has achieved multiple industry awards including Best Prepaid Product of the Year in the Card &amp; Payments Awards 2019. Growth has been fuelled by Paul’s deep knowledge of prepaid card technology and its market applications enabling B4B Payments to adapt to emerging needs from SMEs to large corporates and NGOs.
Prior to founding the company with his business partner in 2006, Paul enjoyed a successful 15 year career in management consulting where he worked around the globe and across sectors including retail, consumer products and with a strong focus on technology.
Now, 15 years later, B4B's headquarters remain in London, and the business has grown to four offices located globally in Newcastle, Vilnius and Boston.  In 2021 B4B Payments was acquired by EQT-Ventures owned Banking Circle.  Subject to regulatory approvals, B4B now operates as a sister company with separate leadership and governance. 
Over the coming years, Paul will direct the delivery of an ambitious growth strategy pursuing significant scale up and expansion across all aspects of the business model.